HEALTH
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Science Discoveries with IQVIA Explore the wonders of science with STEM Ambassadors Tomas and Andrew at IQVIA. |
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My Name in DNA Create your unique and creative DNA code using the letters of your name! |
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Superbugs – Join the Fight! Join our Pfizer STEM Ambassadors and learn about superbugs and how we can protect ourselves from them. |
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Pfizer’s Medicine and Me A contribution from our Pfizer STEM Ambassador team, learn about all of the work that goes into getting us the medicine we need. |
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5-minute brain booster! A great idea from STEM Ambassador Vicky, increase your health and brain power in just five minutes every day! |
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Eyes See You! Use your vision to find out how our eyes work as a team to help us see. |
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The Ear is Here to Hear! Watch the video from Kids Health to find out how the ear works, answer and ask some questions of your own. |
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Muscles for Movement Create a moving model that demonstrated how our muscles work to make our bodies move. |
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Joining Joints! Our skeleton is made of rigid bones, so how can we be flexible and move? Learn about how joints work while creating a simple model. |
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Breathing Lungs Create a working model that demonstrates how the lungs work so that we can breathe. |
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Healthy Hues of Food Think about healthy eating by discovering foods that are the colours of the rainbow! |
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Raise the Rate! Discover how to measure your heart rate, or pulse, and make it higher with healthy exercise! |
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How does my heart work? Create an easy model that shows how our hearts pump blood all around our bodies to keep us alive. |
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Fight the Germs! Learn about how harmful germs are spread, and how we can get rid of them! |
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A Day in the Life of Paracetamol Listen to STEM Ambassador Mark, Associate Professor in Cellular Neuroscience talk about the lifecycle of Paracetamol from ingestion to painkiller. |
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Could you charge a smartphone from your brain STEM Ambassador Dr Mark an Associate Professor in Cellular Neuroscience investigates if you can charge your smartphone with your brain. |
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Career Talk Fridays - Careers in Biomedical Science Join STEM Ambassador Alix as she gives us an insight into her STEM career as a Biomedical Scientist. Originally launched live for our Career Talk Fridays. |
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Getting to Know our DNA Learn from STEM Ambassador Dr. Giulia about DNA, its composition, and applications in medicine. |
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Career Talk Fridays – Medical Careers Meet STEM Ambassador Dr. Pamela, and join in her presentation about Careers in Medicine. Originally launched live for our Career Talk Fridays. |
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Mini-Mindfulness A contribution from STEM Ambassador Vicky, take some time to practise mindfulness and learn about its benefits. |
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Zoonosis – Diseases transmissible from animals to humans Join STEM Ambassador Alison as she informs us of infectious diseases, where we can learn about health issues in both animals and humans. |
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Enzyme Importance STEM Ambassador Ella provides this experiment to show how enzymes are involved in all stages of the digestion process. |
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Understanding the Roles of Digestion An activity contributed by STEM Ambassador Ella, this investigation demonstrates how food is broken down by our bodies. |
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Nutrition and the Circulatory System An activity contributed by STEM Ambassador Kira, learn how the circulatory system works and how we can keep it healthy. |
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What are blood cells? Watch this video from Macmillan Cancer Support to learn about the role of the different types of cells in our blood. |
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Working in the Health Sector Watch the video from The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and find out about the 350+ different job roles available with the NHS, some of which may surprise you. |
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Practical Action: Stop the Spread A challenge from Practical Action, learn about infectious diseases to design and build a model of a hand washing device for a school in Kenya. |
